What is the background of the Edwards name?

Answer 1

Edward was named after his father. edward Mason, so you could say he was/ is Edward Mason jr.

If you mean Stephenie Meyer's reason for choosing Edward, she chose it because the wanted an old romantic name (like a name that used to be used a lot in romance novels from the late 18 centary and the earaly 19 centary ). So she picked Edward...like Edward Ferrars from Sense and Sensibility.